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"7.Identical claim had been considered by S.Ramalingam, J in K.Manikanda Mudaliar v. The Deputy Commissioner, H.R. & C.E. Department, Salem, W.P.No.12810 of 1990. In the said case, the learned Judge has considered the scope of Sects.53 and 54 of the Act and has held thus:

"4.On a consideration of these rival submissions, it is seen that while Sec.53(2) deals with the power of the appropriate authority to impose punishment on a trustee any order of suspension as a substantive punishment is imposed, it will disable the hereditary trustee to discharge his duties by reason of that disability by way of suspension and hence there is a duty cast upon the prescribed authority to consider the claims of the next line of succession to succeed to the office of that disabled hereditary trustee to perform the functions of the trustee until his disability ceases.